Above heading found here while researching this post… (For non-techies, a shell script is a small, simple program written to automate repetitive tasks, or replace minimum wage employees ;))

Yes, it’s been a while since I posted. Man, do people get grumpy when I don’t post for a while. (CARL!) I’ve been, well, dunno. I could list any one of busy, broke, tired, sleeping, but honestly I dunno, just getting on with my life. Getting up, going to work, coming home, having dinner, going to bed, sleeping double at the weekends and so on. Sounds kinda dull but I’m largely happy. I’m not the youngster I once was. I’m still cutting my groove, but my priorities have changed.

Anyway I think I’m going to get one of these. I’ve had enough of fixing other people’s PCs. You know, if you’re going to run Windows and use Internet Explorer without ever doing anything to learn about how to look after it properly, then you’re asking for trouble. I get quite a few calls a week from some of maybe the 10 or 15 people who consider me their free of charge computer repair man. Stop asking me, I have my own life to live and you’re eating all of my time and largely, you always have the same problem.

Your computer running slow? Get lots of pop-up ads you didn’t ask for? You’re infected with something. Most probably with something that is making your computer do things you don’t want, like use your internet connection to distribute itself and thats the least scary bit. Use your PC for banking? Your details aren’t safe. Have a webcam? Neither is your personal privacy.

The fact is that compromised PCs are big business and the problem isn’t going to go away any time soon while systems are insecure and their owners are lazy.

Look after your PC because I’m not going to keep bailing you out.